Another busy week with every day anotherfinancialinstitution excluding coal investing or coal financing. If you haven’t excluded coal by now, it doesn’t seem opportune to release a press release anymore. :) It also seems a lot of countries are launching carbonmeasurement frameworks, sounds like an opportunity to harmonize some of these initiatives, when they all meet in Paris hopefully!

Seb Belou of WHEB contemplates on the current ideas around ESG. He’s making the point that ESG is about more than processes. It is also about the products that companies produce, and advocates taking a more lifecycle approach. I couldn’t agree more, and also like to add that companies should not just look at their current products but also look at growth opportunities that arise from the sustainability lens.

Great article by the Dutch company Fastned that is building charging stations for all electric cars in Europe. It shows three trends of why an autowende is about to come. Also, it shows great photos of all-electric cars to come out in the future. Like the Audi Q6 e-tron!

I love to look beyond articles and books published in the field of ESG. ESG factors are often called intangibles, so this book may provide some interesting insights on how we can measure them. Has anybody read the book?

This article reviews a book called “One Second Ahead: Enhance Your Performance at Work with Mindfulness”, which came out two weeks ago. I ordered the book. Although I do not expect to learn anything new from this book, it is good to be reminded and practice skills to reduce stress and improve quality of life. Third party researchers showed a 37% increase in focus after participants took part in the program that the book describes.

Caps, not hats! “Listen to team Giant-Alpecin riders Luka Mezgec, John Degenkolb and Warren Barguil on the secrets and traditions of wearing the cycling cap. This simple garment, beautifully marrying form and function, has never gone out of style.”